Steel end for cars.



W. E. WLLIAMS.

STEEL END FOR CART.

Hummm uw@ Ewig, mm.

Patented Feb. 23, 191MBn ffl/@@M Fig. 3,

' parts of Fig. 2.

WILLIAM ERASTUS WILLIAMS, OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.

STEEL END FOR CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1915.

. ,l i Application filed February i9, 1914. Serial No. 819.683.

To all whom it may concern: Y

lBe it known that I, WiLLLiM EiiAs'rUs WILLIAMS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the'coiinty of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Steel'En'ds forCars, of which the following a specification.

Railway cars receive severe shocksand impacts, by the sudden stopping ofthe cars andin coupling them in switchingand this 4shock oftenfshiftsthe loadsA on the inside of the carsland drives them backward into theends'and often times punctures, breaks and destroys rthe ends of thecars.

' Thefobject of my invention is to produce a light, strong and cheap endthat will withstandthe shocks of this serviceand at the sametime be mostservieeableas a car for normalcar services. j A

References will be had to the accompanying drawings, in which: s" 1Figure 1 is an end View of abo'x car emV bodying my end.. Fig. 2 is anendls'e'ctional elevation of my end with a small'portion of it showingfrom the outside the connection of the end to the corner post. Fig. 3'`is va horizontal section showing corne'rpoi'tion of a car in which thecorner post and sheathing are of wood. Fig. 4 is a View lsimilar toshowing my end `used without the flanges turned to embrace the outsideof the' corner post, land it also shows in plan the bottom flange of my'end. Figs. 5, and 7 show'the arrangements of my end when thel same isrused in connection with ay i.steel angle corner post and inside woodsheathed car, Fig. 5 being analogous to Figs. 3, 4. Figs. 5 and -9 areenlarged details-of the ribs-ofmy end. Figs. 10 and 11 are enlargedsectional views corresponding to Indrawing, 2 `,indicates the steellsheet ot my end; In this heet I vforniribs 3 by puttn'gvv sharpV folds`in the Vsheets which are lbent up and foi'mithe ribs, 'and I extendthese' ribs across the end of the car lat intervals of sufficientdistance apartA to give the required stiffness to the sheet.

In 'the construction shown in Fig. 3, I bend the end of the sheetcross-wise of the flanges around into the angle shown by 4, Fig.' 3. 5,indicates thel rib 3 at the curve o'f the bend around the corner. Bolts6 and 7 pass through the sheet and the corner post 'and securely fastenthe end to the corner post. p

In Fig. i the steel end sheets do noty inn p around the corner postforming the flange 4, but terminate at S and the boltsfG fasten;

the end sheets to the corner post.

The present practice in car construction is turning toward a steel framefor the box l car, having a wooden sheathing on the inside and when sucha. cai' is used with my steel endgthe corner post will appearl as Iprefer to make. them iii accordance with Figs. 5, 6 and 7, wherein 9indicates a steel angle foi' the corner post; slots 10 are cut throughone flange of the angle at locationsl registering with the position ofthe rilis3, of, the end sheets and these ribs 4project through the slots10, as is shown by the iig! his does not weaken the corner post' f forthe reason that lthe steel end sheetsthem?'` Il F8.

selves', are bolted 'securely by the -bolts 6 through the flanges of theangle and makeL up for any loss occasioned by the slots In making mysteel end Iprefer l,to make it out of inetal t or of an inch thick andthe ribs 3 so stiften it that the results' obtained will he even greaterusing of an inch sheet for thesteel end la@A than would." f

be the case witlr of an inch sheet as sonic ltimes heretofore used. Y

On the inside of vmy steelend I prefer to f' line it with wood, and thiswood may befany' thickness desirable from gv of an inch up'tof I woodslieathingis 3,- of an inch, as a thick not necessary since my metalsheets provvide almost a complete smooth plate siii'face'foijv thewooden sheathing to lie in contact with, and thus almost no breakingvstrain can "go on the sheathing as thc metal will bear all of thestrain that may be occasioned by the impact oi any load on theinsidefot` the car. In order to sheathing on the inside of my Asteel endI make trie ribs 11, 12 and 13, leaving a cavityr` not-trickle down onthe inside of the sheet but will drop ofi' on the outside.

The lower margin of the sheet 2 is bent inward forming a flange 19 whichrests upon and is bolted to the sill 18.

facilitate the fastening of this and any loose material with'which thecar.

may be loaded, and then on the nextvloading of thel car this materialmay be shaken out by the vibration of the carv and injure the new `load.With my steel end and wooden sheathing, no voids areproduced that willremain open or need to be filled, and hence this feature is a greatdesideratum. Further "with a steel end made of corrugated material andsheathed'with wood which rests against the summits of the corrugationsas is Avordinarily the case as heretofore used,

this wooden sheathing is likely to be puncjtured between thecorrugations by shifting loads that Will go in contact with thesheathing in small spots like the corners and ends of bars of iijoirorsmall ends of sticks of timberl and this Wooden sheathing with thatclass of steel end is objectionable, but with my end these objectionsare overcome.

Forcertain kinds of loading in a car, it is desirable that the steelends should be sheathed and no other form for steel ends heretofore usedwill permit the steel to be used in connection with a wooden sheathingthat will not cost more money for` the same service than with my steelend. This feature is a great point in favor of my invention. Y

It is desirable to have a wooden lining to a car from the stand oint ofinsulation in temperature and it aids often times in securing the loadin the car in a fixed position by nailing cleats or braces to theinsidevof the car. y

My endgives all the advantages obtained by any wooden end-and alladvantages ob` tained by any steel end and yet it can be so cheaply madethat it is a competitor in cost lfor any form of end construction of acar. One-of the features' which permit my end to be made cheaply is thefact that in mak-l ing ribs 3, the metal may be bent when it cold andcold operations are cheaper than hot operations.

Heretofore all other steel erations.

.i ends yet used have beenformed by hot op What I claim'is: y 1. In acar end, the combination with a metal vparallel lines to ,form aninternally plane member having a series of tightly closed externalrib's' and a series ofintermediate in-l ternally open ribs, each ofuniform -width structure having spaced horizontal ribs of a thicknessdouble that of the sheet, of wood sheathing transverse with respect tothe ribs and secured to the plane face of the sheet.

2. In a car end, the combination with a uniformly thin metal sheetfolded at intervals along parallel lines to forman/internally planemember havingfa dseries of external, tightly closed ribs and ateinternally open' ribs, of woldistrips fixed in the internally openribs". sheathing fixed to the strips, andv nie ,A Aor r securing thestructure to the boidy of'facarJM- 3. In a car end, the combination,with am metal sheet folding along parallel lines top-gv form a series ofexternal horizontal ribs, of A'80 a second sheet above theirstfsimilarly folded and having its marginal rib overla'ppingexternally and interlocking with the marginal rib of the first sheet,means for-, binding together the overlapping lvportionsa of the twosheets, and means for securing Athe sheets ,to the body ofthe car. A

4. Y steel end for a car formed ofjara't sheet havingribs formed in thebody thereof in a manner that leaves a substantially flat surface on oneside of the sheet, said ribs extending cross-.wise of the end'of thecar, with a corner post made of metal and metal sheet folded alongparallel lines ,to

form a series of external parallel ribs of a thickness double that ofthe sheet and an upper marginal internally open rib, of -a second sheetsimilarly folded and having a lower marginal open rib overlapping andinterlocking the open rib ofthe first sheet,a Wood strip fitti y theopen rib of'the lower sheet, bolts pass ng through said strip and theoverlapping` portions of? the two sheets,- and sheathing transverse withrespect to the strips and secured thereto.

6. A car end of sheet metal folded along from. side to'lside of thesheet, combined S with wood strips secured in the open ribs, and Woodsheathing transverse with respect ,to the lstrips, securedthereto,v andcovering.' the plane non-ribbed face ofthe sheet.

Signed at Chicago in the county of Cook in ,the State of Illinois this17th dayzof Feb ruary, 1914.

i WLLIAM RASTUS WILLIAMS".VY

U ,if Witnesses: sheet of uniform thickness folded on 'i parallel linesto forman internally plane-f-"1 7C. E. BAUEiiJ NV. C. Hanecocx.

